Deir Ezzor, SANA –Qasad militia backed by US helicopters on Thursday committed a massacre, killing six civilians in Shahil town in the northeastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

Local sources said that Qasad militia backed by US helicopters at dawn besieged al-Katef neighborhood in Shahil town for more than two hours ,and then stormed into the neighborhood with heavy and random shooting , claiming the lives of six civilians , injuring others, and arresting a number of the locals.